New geyser again!!!

LPCPT

LPCPT

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So every 2 years my geyser packs up. Call insurance and they replace it, with me paying excess. (usually R500, now it's up to R700).
So my question. Must I not add some dough ($) and install a solar system? Insurance will pay me just the geyser value and I must pay the difference.
Solar system must have 10y warranty and must be SABS approved as a requirement from the insurance.
 
What's packing up?

To answer your question, yeah go solar.
 
Sinbad said:
What's packing up?
To answer your question, yeah go solar.
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The geyser starts to leak and some water from the drip tray runs outside. Start slowly at first, but I do not want to take chances.
 
Cheapest quote I got on a 200l Solar geyser was R22K excl piping and installation.
 
LPCPT said:
So every 2 years my geyser packs up. Call insurance and they replace it, with me paying excess. (usually R500, now it's up to R700).
So my question. Must I not add some dough ($) and install a solar system? Insurance will pay me just the geyser value and I must pay the difference.
Solar system must have 10y warranty and must be SABS approved as a requirement from the insurance.
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I did this last year...


With the Insurance payout, plus rebate... I got a decent solar geyser in my house for about R3k, and it has the 10 year warranty as well as saving me a bit of money on electricity.
 
Drifter said:
Cheapest quote I got on a 200l Solar geyser was R22K excl piping and installation.
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Fsck me... where the hell from?

I got a quote of R18k last year, and that included piping and installation, with a bit of extra work for them (I removed a 2nd geyser from the mix)
 
ToxicBunny said:
I did this last year...


With the Insurance payout, plus rebate... I got a decent solar geyser in my house for about R3k, and it has the 10 year warranty as well as saving me a bit of money on electricity.
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Say WHAT?? Send me details please.
 
There must be another reason why your geyser only last two years. Perhaps the pressure is not being regulated properly or temp is set too high? A geyser is supposed to last much longer than two years not so?
 
Ockie said:
There must be another reason why your geyser only last two years. Perhaps the pressure is not being regulated properly or temp is set too high? A geyser is supposed to last much longer than two years not so?
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They have 2 year warranties now... so I wouldn't honestly expect them to last much more than 4 on average.. I'm assuming LPCPT has decent water pressure, which will shorten the lifespan somewhat.

I have a water pressue issue at my house which I need to fix at some point. Its so damn high that it eats plastic fittings, I replace toilet innards at least once a year, and washers and such in taps about the same.
 
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Change your plumber. Geysers should last a long time.
 
And just Yesterday (Wed) I got this email:
Follow this link to compile your solar geyser quote and enjoy spectacular pre winter discount.
* SunTank 200 from R13,950 fully installed(Discounted by R4,000)
* SunTank 300 from R17,950 fully installed (Discounted by R6,000)
* SunTank 400 from R23,950 fully installed (Discounted by R7,500)
I would like to order, please contact me.
www.suntank.co.za


That 200L deal looks very attractive now. Just need to see what the insurance will cough up.
 
sKuZz said:
Change your plumber. Geysers should last a long time.
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No choice, Insurance send them and everytime it's a different one. In fact, if i remember correctly, the firts time the plumber said to me that it will only last 2 years. Kwikot junk I may add.
 
LPCPT said:
And just Yesterday (Wed) I got this email:
Follow this link to compile your solar geyser quote and enjoy spectacular pre winter discount.
* SunTank 200 from R13,950 fully installed(Discounted by R4,000)
* SunTank 300 from R17,950 fully installed (Discounted by R6,000)
* SunTank 400 from R23,950 fully installed (Discounted by R7,500)
I would like to order, please contact me.
www.suntank.co.za


That 200L deal looks very attractive now. Just need to see what the insurance will cough up.
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How many ppl in the household etc etc?

May be worth investigating the 300l option, and having just that as the hot water source in the house.
 
LPCPT said:
So every 2 years my geyser packs up. Call insurance and they replace it, with me paying excess. (usually R500, now it's up to R700).
So my question. Must I not add some dough ($) and install a solar system? Insurance will pay me just the geyser value and I must pay the difference.
Solar system must have 10y warranty and must be SABS approved as a requirement from the insurance.
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You can just replace the valve where it's leaking. Why replace the whole geyser?
 
ToxicBunny said:
Fsck me... where the hell from?

I got a quote of R18k last year, and that included piping and installation, with a bit of extra work for them (I removed a 2nd geyser from the mix)
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I deleted the mail, bust was some company affiliated with Eishkom.
 
LPCPT said:
No choice, Insurance send them and everytime it's a different one. In fact, if i remember correctly, the firts time the plumber said to me that it will only last 2 years. Kwikot junk I may add.
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Well, if that is the case then I personally would rather then replace it with a gas geyser. No chance of it bursting like the normal electric ones. Gas geysers more affordable than solar I would say, though you might have to install more than one to serve the entire house.
 
ToxicBunny said:
They have 2 year warranties now... so I wouldn't honestly expect them to last much more than 4 on average.. I'm assuming LPCPT has decent water pressure, which will shorten the lifespan somewhat.

I have a water pressue issue at my house which I need to fix at some point. Its so damn high that it eats plastic fittings, I replace toilet innards at least once a year, and washers and such in taps about the same.
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I have very decent pressure. When the house was built the municipality guy asked me if I wanted the higher pressure as I live on an incline. I took the higher pressure. So now I can open multiple taps and all of them gives a decent stream.
Maybe some pressure regulator is needed.
Do not want to spend $$$ on solar and then it breaks as well because of the pressure.
Need to have a serious talk with the plumber first.
 
Ockie said:
Well, if that is the case then I personally would rather then replace it with a gas geyser. No chance of it bursting like the normal electric ones. Gas geysers more affordable than solar I would say, though you might have to install more than one to serve the entire house.
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Gas moves in, wife moves out.
My woman does not want gas in the house, period.
 
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